Photographer's Note

Gert complained yesterday that my yesterday's photo was with the people posing (but not for me, so stolen). So here I have chosen the typical view of Hanoi street. Vietnam is much less exotic than neighborliness countries. Maybe the most exotic view are the women in their conical hats, like here in the foreground. Earlier they used bikes, like in Gert's photo. Now they have motobikes and it is the real horror. I felt quite helpless. You can spot there small low plastic stool. they use them everywhere to sit with lunch on the street. Unlike most of the Asian countries, they use Latin script.
The Vietnamese alphabet is the modern writing system for the Vietnamese language. It uses the Latin script, with some digraphs and the addition of nine accent marks or diacritics – four of them to create additional sounds, and the other five to indicate the tone of each word. The many diacritics, often two on the same letter, make written Vietnamese easily recognizable.

Hello Malgo,
What an interesting scene this is, so many contrasting elements to examine. The star for me is the person in the foreground with the conical hat and the yoke nicely balanced across their shoulder. A scene from daily life captured at just the right time, I like it a lot.

An interesting note, especially about the Vietnamese language and writing and also about mad ladies on motorcycles!

And a fine street scene from three years ago, the lady with her conical hat carrying two giant buckets with her yoke making a fine foreground feature against the background of parked motorcycles the the shops across the street. And not a single person here is "posing" for your camera!

Lots and lots of things to look at and examine here and a fine snapshot of daily life.

Fine candid Hanoi street scene, the female wearing traditional garments and hat with the large heavy buckets on a pole (physics of counter balancing). The dense population of motorcycles parked on the right, and the background of open air stores.

Hello Malgo,
I beg your pardon, but I really didn't complain about yesterday's photo. In fact I praised you for stealing another photographer's models :-). I haven't been to northern Vietnam for 20 years so I don't know how much Hanoi has changed, but in the 90's it was certainly exotic enough. Or at least it had a very nice and almost quiet atmosphere. The old town, like here, is one of my favourite places. You have captured that ambiance quite well, but maybe it was more noisy than the city I had met.
Best regards,
Ger.

Hello Malgo,
I like these everyday life scenes from around the world. This photo gives good insight to ordinary life in Vietnam and together with your informative note, teaches me what I did not know.
Regards,
MT

Hi Malgo,
a nice and very typical Hanoi street scene. I think i can remember this street from my visit and found it as a interesting area of the city. The woman in the foreground is important for this composition and you have placed her very well in the frame. Good street atmosphere in this scene! Tfs!